Dr Rosenthal, a prominent Georgetown University Medical School psychiatrist and researcher, has also addressed large crowds of doctors and other professionals about the profound and practical value of the Transcendental Meditation program.

Dr. Norman Rosenthal

During his talk in June at American University in Washington, DC, Dr. Rosenthal described his motivation for writing this new book:

''For anxiety, for problems with alcohol abuse, for anger management problems, I saw people responding. I referred them to the local TM Center and they would respond. I would see it in my patients, I would see it in myself, and I would see it in my research. I (started to) feel like I would have to write a book on the subject, and I looked in the research literature and sure enough there were hundreds of publications, many of them in first-rate journals. The subject just captivated me and the result is the book, Transcendence.''

Click here to read more of this news post, including: ∙ excerpts from an incisive and engaging review of Transcendence by Therese Bouchard that recently appeared in the popular online health site PsychCentral, and ∙ a brief compilation of video highlights of Dr. Rosenthal's talks in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, DC.